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"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" is a song from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by English synth-pop duo Soft Cell that was released as a single in January 1982 [3] and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is the debut studio album by English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, released on 27 November 1981 by Some Bizzare Records. [2] [3] The album's critical and commercial success was bolstered by the success of its lead single, a cover version of Gloria Jones's song "Tainted Love", which topped the charts worldwide and became the second best-selling British single of 1981.
In the United Kingdom, Soft Cell had twelve top 40 hits, [4] including "Tainted Love" (number 1), "Torch" (number 2), "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", "What" (both number 3), and "Bedsitter" (number 4). They also had four top 20 albums between 1981 and 1984. [4] The duo split in 1984 but reformed in 2001 to tour and release a new album.
Aside from "Please Forgive Me", which charted at number 72 on the UK Singles Chart, all other single releases charted within the top 20: [38] the re-issued "Please Forgive Me" charted at number 18, and "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" and "Sail Away" peaked at number 26. White Ladder was the UK's fifth best-selling UK album of the 2000s. [39]
Live was reissued by the Music Club budget label on 27 June 2005 and retitled as Say Hello, Wave Goodbye: Live. Live is a live album by Soft Cell . The album was released on 7 October 2003 and was recorded throughout Spring 2003 in Birmingham , Manchester , Leeds , London and Brussels during the group's tour in support of the album Cruelty ...
"Say Hello Wave Goodbye '91 (The Long Goodbye – Extended Mendelsohn Remix)" – 5:03 "Where the Heart Is '91" – 8:43 The original 1982 vinyl box set edition contained CD 1 and tracks 1-4 of CD 2.
As a session musician he has performed on over 500 jazz, pop, and rock recordings such as the clarinet solo on "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" by Soft Cell. [1] He played in the ensemble at the Simon & Garfunkel 1981 concert in Central Park, identified by Simon as the saxophone soloist that night for Simon's song "Still Crazy After All These Years."
In 1991, Soft Cell returned to the charts with a new remix of "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" followed by a re-release of "Tainted Love" (with a new video). The singles were issued to promote a new Soft Cell/Marc Almond compilation album, Memorabilia - The Singles , which collected some of the biggest hits from Almond's career throughout the previous ...